The Upside (2017)

Watched in 2019: Movies (204 movies items)

"2019 Not as bad the people who haven't seen it want it to be... but still not as great as it could have been. The three lead performances were great and they had good chemistry but there are too many holes and it had the feeling of a first-time director at the helm... but it's Neil Burger. He should know what he is doing by now."

BradWesley123's Movie Journal- June 2019 (39 movies items)

" DVD- 2hrs. 6min. First Viewing Much like the film it's remaking (2011's French hit The Intouchables), when The Upside works, it's largely due to the work of it's leads. While, admittedly, the film is reasonably well-made, with suitably low-key craft, it rests on the work of Cranston and Hart. The story is boilerplate overly maudlin, melodramatic, faux-uplifting hooey, rendering most moments overly-done, but the lead duo's work keeps the film chugging along, succeeding far more than it has any r"